Job 1:1-19 - Behind the Curtain

[@Cosmo12a]

I have just been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. I immediately thought to the book of Job and started studying it. Nothing better than this book of the Bible for anyone going through any kind of suffering and it is such a blessing. I thank you for posting this so I can hear it and help me keep my on the path of healing and positive attitude and my personal relationship with God and Jesus Christ. Bless you.

[@ceegee777]

@@Cosmo12a Will keep you in my prayers Cosmo 🙏

[@gregoriamercado5222]

Thank you Pastor David for this message on the story of Job. Sometimes suffering seems long and tedious, but it's a good thing to be reminded that God is still in control. Praise our Lord and Saviour always!

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

Amen and amen!

[@sandraconkle4008]

God cannot be put in a box

[@JeffBitler]

Of all the studies on the book of Job I've heard, this one reached me deep enough to bring me to tears and a reason for repentance. So many unimaginable occurrences in my life gave me plenty of reasons to make comparisons, and dare to say, "Just call me Job." But it always stopped at the calamities. Nothing, absolutely nothing in me would give God (or anyone else, for that matter) cause to call me blameless. Shame on me. Thank You, God, for Your forgiveness and grace and mercy to teach and humble me with these words. Really looking forward to the rest of this series.

[@lissihome]

I love how much God uses his teachings in his videos. I appreciate that its not some sort of motivation speech but an actual preaching with real life lessons. I also appreciate how Pastor David explains what cynic means, hedgerows, etc. I literally have a better understanding and encourages me to want to learn more about the bible. Thank you Jesus for your guidance. Thank you Pastor David!

[@Kiefsti]

I'm entering the 2nd year of my own personal Job, so very much looking forward to this.

[@finlyfransismathew2057]

Very realistic, and simple content Pastor. Thank you. This is a book where when you read it, you understand everything in the beginning and then you give up your streak after the 5th or 6th chapters because of the complexities of emotion, being, realism and deep insight between God and man and between men and men. Looking forward to learn from the whole series. Once again, Thank you very much.

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

You describe what many readers feel very well! Thank you for your kind words and support, very happy to hear this - God be with you.

[@jesusiskingofmyheart]

So thankful for your teachings Pastor David! God bless you.

[@kurtishigh8653]

I appreciate the tougher observations you made. My life has been very difficult lately and this was encouraging for me. Thanks

[@danielgilbert9684]

Very nice explanation. These real events, also, teaches us lessons on how to help someone who is undergoing suffering. His so-called friends showed precisely what a Brother or Sister should not do.

[@janetshrieves3913]

I'm new to bible study. The book of Job has stirred a lot of emotions which I did not expect. Right now I am struggling with why God has allowed Job's struggles considering that Job was righteous & blameless. This to me is a new side of God's character.

[@amandasalima3000]

so much learned about God's characteristics in these verse mind blowing!

[@leroy2110]

David you give us all something to think about this is a very very good message and a very good explanation to the suffering of job I will be studying this for a very long time because there's so much to learn about all of this and God bless you thank you for bringing us the good news of the Gospel has got us as blessed you to see and to understand

[@leroy2110]

Very good David I enjoy your story concerning job and I learned a whole lot and so I just wanted you to know that my prayers will go with you and I pray that you pray for me pray for me Lee and God God bless

[@ruthjenkins1738]

Thanks for the information & wisdom that your have shared with us from the book of Job . This is my second time to listen with great interest in the insight God has given you to share !!

[@signsofthetimes111]

Vs 19 , God's timing is always right. Whatever he does and at any time.

[@ChristisLord2023]

Just a thought that came to mind. The opposite of light is the absence of light, therefore I would think the opposite of God is the absence of God. I don't want to know what that's like, but it's just a thought, not a critique.

[@melodykeogh]

Yes, the opposite of God is the absence of God. 💖

[@jdiaz4877]

so good!

[@mluke9535]

Good message and very profound truth. Let me know more

[@alexcochrane5815]

This is amazing content. I am a new untrained pastor in a small Kansas town (as a secondary profession because our church was pastorless) and have had people ask about the book of Job and have been trying to find more understanding of this book with videos and literature. I wish that I could use some of your sermons without being a copyright infringer! Thank you for the insight, and God bless you.

[@tropicalfishtankhobby8069]

Nice study

[@courtnyefrederic6984]

This is AWESOME!!! thank you

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

You're so welcome, stay blessed!

[@wendy-nj4fv]

I'm truly taken back with your analogy at the end that it is GOOD to inject poisons into a child. How can you say that is Gods work.

[@ruthjenkins1738]

Thanks for sharing the great wisdom expressed in the book of Job .

[@jeffreyjiminian4301]

I think “trading places “got the concept from this story

[@ethancortez2024]

Amen 🙏🏾

[@robertburke9920]

Read the Book "Where Do We Go Now, LORD? - BURKE." This book has a much better understanding of the Book of Job. Read it! (Are you open to higher ground? Moses was.)

[@smalltownglobalproductions]

Job was blameless but that does not mean he was without fault. His fault was pride. He thought he could earn his own salvation.

[@martinirichi]

Job questions God all over the book , till God tells him the job he does all over the universe , Job even wanted to have never being born , he said it twice , from all the four friends the last one is the one that comes close to the answer he wanted . the biggest teaching is very simple do not question any of Gods attributes , period .

[@shyamalakumariy.k.6423]

Dear brother book of job is not written by him but Moses wrote after deep analysis checking only we can come to a conclusion

[@nadzach]

If we are in an experience like Job, how do we get out?

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

The story of Job is the story of a suffering person being told by each of his friends and family WHY he is suffering, and each one o them was totally wrong. They aim to convince him that he should repent of sins he did not commit, and ultimately to just curse God and be done with his life. If one was in a situation just like Job's, where unbelievable sufferings came one after another, each one more tragic and painful than the last, without ceasing, we are taught to: a) remain righteous (keep our steadfast obedience to God and to closely follow and imitate Christ Jesus), b) to not give up nor seek the easy way out, and to c) always remember that God's ways and God's thoughts are not our ways nor our thoughts - our human perspective is by definition limited and narrow, but God sees and knows all things. God may be rightly forming and preparing us to better manage even More difficult times ahead, or be preparing us to be a source of strength and comfort to those even weaker than us when they are in seasons of suffering as well. And if one is ever in a situation Less tragic and traumatic than Job's, we can look to Job as a role model, as someone who withstood far more hardship than we have, and still did not stop praising and obeying the Lord. As you know, Job suffered through the death of All of his children, lost all of his wealth, possessions, and his home/property, then lost all his health, comfort, and peace when he was stricken with horrifying boils over his entire body. If our sufferings are any less than all these, we can take inspiration and strength from Job's example. Ultimately, the Book of Job serves as a meditation on the enigmatic and often unfathomable nature of suffering, the limits of human knowledge, and the importance of faith and perseverance in the face of adversity. - Enduring Word Team

[@fernandomarquez3131]

This study of the book of , points to JESUS, in many ways, YESHUA was blameless, all tribes revered Job, all disciples revered YESHUA, . In other words YESHUA lives in the bible ALL scripture leads , to YESHUA.

[@shelparks988]

Does GOD and satan play by a set of rules and regulations??? From the text it seems as they do. Please answer?

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

I wouldn't use the word "play", but I know what you mean. :-) To state it simply, God is sovereign, and Satan cannot do anything without God allowing it. Satan is a created being, a fallen angel, and he doesn't have authority over his own life or actions. Whatever God allows Satan to do, is for God's glory and purposes. Hope this helps! Blessings.

[@jackfrost2978]

Some of the parables Jesus tells us. Are insights into the war in Heaven and the fallen angels. There are rules that must be followed and consequences for breaking them. There is a sort of chess match being played out. God has been telling satan some of his key moves in advance, so as to humble satan completely. God is showing satan that even as he cheats at the game in satans favor, by telling him some of the key moves he is going to do. satan is still incompetent as an opponent. This game / humbling is also tied to legal rules. As the game gets played. The fallen angels become increasingly trapped in the legal system and the consequences to come. The fallen angels thought to use the rules of the game, to build a spiders web. To trap us and abuse us, for their pleasure. God is using the rules of the game to trap them in their own spider web. Kind of like when police run a sting operation on criminals. As the game developed, and God continued to show satan some of his future moves. It became apparent to satan and the other fallen. They are going to lose. They continue to play the game to their end. With no ability to escape. Watching as they struggle. Knowing already, they have failed. Their only vengeance is to take as many of us with them as possible. To keep Gods harvest as small as possible.

[@avivastudios2311]

I'm not sure how I feel about God using people to teach lessons. That surely is a very uhhh... Unique take. And incredibly bizarre. Doesn't the Father teach His children Himself? I've made a simple guess while listening to this: I think that the story of Job is meant to show how God permits evil and suffering but still loves and values his people. This suffering may or may not be caused by demons but by an entity called the Satan which literally means adversary. It's almost like Job 1 is talking about God having a conversation with struggle itself. And this struggle came upon Job but luckily it didn't destroy his faith.

[@DavidGuzikEnduringWord]

Pastor Lance replies - God often teaches us through others. Think of the Book of Proverbs, where the wise fathers urges his son to heed HIS wisdom.

[@nick8252]

46:15

[@jyotsnanath695]

31.7.24.

[@thomasklugh4345]

Not very objective...

[@jeffreyjiminian4301]

GOD IS GREAT HE KNOWS ALL HE KNEW JOB WOULD REMAIN FAITHFUL SO HIS PURPOSE FOR DOING THIS IS UNKNOWN CAUSE HE HAS Nothing to prove to nobody. 🧬🫀🕺🏾👑🔥🕊🙏🏾